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0 G PETTERSON & J J RAE. FEEDER FOR INTERMEDIATE CARDS.

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No. 844,741. PATENTED EEB. 19, 1907. 0. G. PETTERSON & J. J. RAE. FEEDERPOR INTERMEDIATE CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30. 1906.

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No. 844,741. I J PATENTED EEB.'19, 1907. o. G. PETTEESON E J. J. RAE.

FEEDER EOE INTERMEDIATE CARDS.

APPLICATION FILED-MAR. 30, 1906.

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UNITED sTATns PATENT onnron.

OLOF G. PETTERSON, OF WORCESTER, AND JAMES J. RAE, OF CHERRY VAL- LEY,MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO CHANNING SMITH, OF CHERRY VALLEY,MASSACHUSETTS.

FEEDER FOR INTERMEDIATE CARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, OLor` G. PETTERSON and JAMES J. RAE, citizens ofthe United States, residing, respectively, at l/Vorcester and CherryValley, both in the county of lVorcester and State of Massachusetts,have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feeders forIntermediate Cards, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an intermediate feed or feeder for a card 3 andthe object of our invention is to improve upon the construction of anintermediate feeder for a card as ordinarily made, and more particularlyto provide a double feeder or a feeder having two travelers with feedingrolls thereon, both travelers having a longitudinal and a traversemovement across the feeder-table simultaneouslyT to lay two strips ofdrawings diagonally on the driven belts and said strips crossing eachother.

Heretofore a feeder for a card has had a single traveler' withfeeding-rolls thereon for the drawings passing to the feeder, whichtraveler' had a longitudinal movement in the direction of the length ofthe feedertable on a stationary bridge or support to lay .the drawingspassing between the feeding-rolls on the traveler onto driven belts,which pass over the bed of the feeder-table, in the usual and well-knownway.

In our improvements we provide a second traveler having feeding-rollsthereon and mechanism for operating the same simultaneously with theother traveler to cause said second traveler to have a longitudinalmovement in the direction of the length of the feeder-table and alsoprovide mechanism to cause both travelers to have a traverse movement inthe direction of the width of the feeder-table to lay two strips ofdrawings diagonally on the driven belts, said strips crossing eachother. l/Ve also provide travelers of improved construction and improvedmechanism for supporting and operating the travelers.

Ve have shown in the drawings detached portions of an intermediatefeeder for a card with our improvements combined there with sufficientto enable those skilled in the art to understand the construction andoperation of the same. We have not shown in shaft 2.

the drawings the driven belts and rolls of the feeder, as the same areof ordinary construction and operation and form no part of our presentinvention.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a feeder embodyingour improvements. The broken lines show the opposite positions of thetwo travelers earry. ing the feeding-rolls. Fig. 2 is an end view of theparts shown in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrow a, same iigure.Fig. 3 is, on an enlarged scale, a section on line 3 3, Fig. 1, lookingin the direction of arrow b, same figure. Fig. 4 is, on an enlargedscale, a

lsection on line 4 4, Fig, 1, looking in the direction of arrow c, sameigure. Fig. 5 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a detachedportion of the mechanism shown at the upper rightehand corner of Fig. 1,with the traveler and carriage in a different position, and also shownin Fig. 6 looking in the direction of arrow d, Fig. 6. Fig. 6 is a sideview ofthe parts shown in Fig. 5 looking in the direction of arrow c,same figure. Some 4of the parts shown in Fig. 5 are not shown in thisfigure, and the feedingroll is not shown broken away. Fig. 7 is, on anenlarged scale, an end view of adetached portion of the mechanism shownin Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrow f, saine figure. Fig. S is,on an enlarged scale, a plan view of the driving bevel-gears andportions of their shafts, detached, shown at the left in Fig. 1. Fig. 9is, on an enlarged scale, a front view of the sprocket-chain mechanismshown at the left in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrow g, samefigure.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the flat horizontal bed or table oftlie feeder, in this instance of regular parallelogram shape andsuitably supported and provided with the usual driven belts and rollers.(Not shown.) At one side or edge of the table 1 is mounted in suitablebearings 2 an externally-driven The driven shaft 2 has a sprocketwheel 3fast thereon, (see Fig. 7,) which is connected by a sprocket-chain 4with a sprocket-Wheel 5, fast on a short shaft 6, mounted in a suitablebearing 7 on the upper end of an upright stand 8, secured at its lowerend to the frame 1. (See Fig. 1.)

On the shaft 6 is fast a second sprocket.

Wheel 9, `connected by a sprocket-chain 10 with a sprocket-wheel 11,having a hub 11, (see Fig. 7,) mounted on a stud 12, fast in the upperend of an upright stand 12, secured at its lower end to the frame '1.The sprocketchain 10 has a pin 10 extending inwardly therefrom to enteran elongated slot or opening 1.3 in the carriage 13, (see Fig. 7,) whichhas hubs or bearings 13 at its upper and lower end loosely mounted ontwo parallel traverse-rods 14 to have a traverse motion thereon. Therods 14 are secured at their ends in two different horizontal planes onstands 14', secured to the end of the bed 1. (See Fig. l1.) On theopposite end of the feed-table 1 are parts similar to those abovedescribed. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) Said parts have the same figures ofreference, except the lower supporting-rod for the carriage 13 at theleft-hand end of the feeder, (shown in Fig. 1,) which is a rotary shaftmarked 14LL (see Fig. 2) and has a bevel-gear 15 fast thereon, which isin mesh with and driven by a bevel-gear 16, fast von the driven shaft 2.(See Fig. 1.)

Each carriage 13 has secured thereto at its upper part twoinwardly-extending supporting-arms 13, (see Figs. 3, 5, and 6,) and eacharm has a hub 13 for a rod 17 extending in the direction of the lengthof the table 1. The two rods 17 are parallel to each other. Eachcarriage 13 has also secured to it at its lower part two supporting-arms13a, each having a bearing 13a for a rotary shaft 18. (See Fig. 3.) Thetwo rotary shafts 18 are parallel to each other and extend in a planebelow and are parallel to the two rods 17. One rod 17 and one shaft 18form the supports for one traveler, and the other rod 17 and shaft 18form the supports for the other traveler.

Eachv traveler 19 consists, preferably, of a frame, (see Fig. 6,) havinghubs 19 on its upper end, which are loosely mounted on an upper rod 17,and hubs 19 on its lower end, which are loosely mounted on a shaft 18.Each traveler carries two feeding-rolls 20 and 20 and a guide-mouth 21to guide the drawT ings between the feeding-rolls in ther usual way. Onefeeding-roll 2O has a hub thereon fast on a short shaft 22, havingbearings in the traveler-frame 19 and having fast on its inner end agear 23 and also a bevel-gear 24. (See Fig. 5.) The other feed-roll 20is adlinstable toward and away from the feed-roll 20, as is customary,the bearing'for the shaft 22', on which the roll 20 is fast, beingyieldingly held in the traveler-frame 19 by an expansionespring 25, thetension of which is adjusted by a screw 26 and nut 27. (See Fig. 5.)

On the inner end of the shaft 22/ is a gear 28, which meshes with and isdriven by the gear 23. The bevel-gear 24 meshes with and is driven by abevel-gear 24, splined on the shaft 18 and having its hub mounted in a(See Fig. 5.)

a sprocket-wheel 30, fast on one end of a shaft 31, carried in theforked end 32 of a bracket 32, having hubs 32 thereon secured on the twoparallel horizontal rods 17. The other end of the sprocketchain 29passes over a sprocket-wheel 33, fast on a shaft 34, (see Fig. 4,)supported in the forked end 35 of a bracket 35, (see Fig. 9,) havinghubs 35 supported on the rods 17 at the opposite Vend of the feeder.(See Fig. 1.)

/Ve will now describe the mechanism for causing the two travelers tohave a longitudinal movement in the direction of the length of thefeeder table and also a traverse movement in the direction of the widthof the feeder-table, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, to lay twostrips of drawings diagonally on the driven belts, said strips crossingeach other. p

The shaft 14a has a bevel-gear 36 splined thereon, (see Fig. 8,) and thehub of said gear extends within the hub or bearing on the lower arm onthe carriage 13. (See Fig. 3.) The bevel-gear 36 is adapted to rotatewith and move longitudinally on said shaft 14a. The bevel-gear 36 mesheswith a bevel-gear 37, fast on one end of the rotary shaft 18, and on theopposite end of the shaft 18 is fast a pinion 38, which meshes with anddrives a pinion 39, fast on the second shaft 18. The other end of thesecond shaft 18 has a sprocket-wheel 40 fast thereon, (see Fig. 9,)which is connected by a sprocket-chain 41 with a sprocket-wheel 42, faston a shaft 43,

-having a bearing 44 at the lower end of the bracket 35, (see Fig. 9,)fast on the rods 17. On the inner end of the shaft 43 is fast abevel-gear 45, which meshes with and drives a bevel-gear 46,fast on theshaft 34, (see Fig. 1,) said shaft 34 having fast thereon thesprocket-wheels 33 for the sprocket-chains 29. (See Fig. 4.)

From the above description, in connection with the drawings, theoperation of our'improvements vwill be readily understood byY thoseskilled in the art.

Supposing the parts of the machine to be in the position shown by fulllines in Fig. 1, the rotation of the driven shaft 2 through thesprocket-chains 4 and 10 on each end of the machine will cause thecarriages 13 to move simultaneously on their supporting-rods in thedirection of the width of the feeder-table and toward the side of thetable at thelower IOO ICS

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part of Fig. 1. Through the bevel-gear 16 on the driven shaft 2, meshingwith the bevel-gear 15,fast on the rotary shaft 14, rotary motion iscommunicated to the shaft 14, and through the bevel-gear 36 andbevelgear 37 rotary motion is communicated to the shaft 18, and throughthe pinion 38, fast on the other end of said shaft, and the pinion 39,fast on the second shaft 18, rotary motion is communicated to saidsecond shaft 18, and through the sprocket-wheel 40, fast on the otherend of said shaft 18, (see F ig. 9,) and sprocket-chain 41 andsprocket-wheel 42, shaft 43, bevel-gear 45, bevel-gear 46, shaft 34,sprocket-wheels 83, fast thereon, sprocketchains 29, and sprocket-wheels30, fast on the shaft 31, movement is communicated to each traveler' 19to cause both travelers to move simultaneously in opposite directionsand in the direction of the length of the table, as indicated by brokenlines in Fig. 1, and at the same time through the rotation of the shafts18 the feeding-rolls 2O and 20 on each traveler .have communicated tothem a rotary motion through a bevel-gear 24', splined on the shaft 18,bevel-gear 24, and gears 23 and 28. f

lt will be understood from the above description, in connection with thedrawings, that in the operation of our improvements the two travelerscarrying the feeding-rolls which feed the drawings to the driven beltspassing over the table of the feeder are simultaneously moved in thedirection of the length and also in the direction of the width of thefeeder-table, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, to depositdiagonally on the driven belts two strips of drawings, which cross eachother.

By means of our improvements we are enabled to practically double thedoublings of the ordinary feed, or feeder having only one traveler.

It will be understood that the details of construction of ourim'inovements may be varied, if desired.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. ln a feeder for a card, two travelers, each carrying feeding-rolls,and both travelers having a longitudinal and a traverse movement acrossthe feed-table, and means for supporting and moving said travelers.

2. ln a feeder for a card, two travelers, each carrying feeding-rolls,an d both moving simultaneously in opposite directions, and means forsupporting and moving said travelers to cause them to lay two strips ofdrawings diagonally, and crossing each other.

3. A feed er for a card, having two travelers, each havingfeeding-rolls, and both travelers moving simultaneously in oppositedirect-ions, in the directon of the length, and in the direction of thewidth of the feeder-table, l

and means for sup orting and operating said travelers, and thefeeding-rolls thereon.

4. ln a feeder for a card, the combination with the feeder-table, andtwo travelers, each carrying feeding-rolls for the drawings, of meansfor supporting said travelers ana communicating a simultaneous movementte them, to cause them to move in opposite directions, in the directionof the length and in the direction of the width of the feeder'- table.

5. ln a feeder for a card, a feeder-table, two travelers carryingfeeding-rolls, and each traveler supported on a rod and a rotary shaft,and adapted to have a movement in the direction of the length of saidrod and shaft, two carriages for said rods and shafts, said carriagessumiorted on and adapted to have a movement in the direction of thewidth of the table, and means for moving said carriages, and for movingsaid travelers.

G. In a feeder for a card, a feeder-table, two travelers carryingfeeding-rolls, and each traveler supported on a rod and a rotary snaft,means for communicating to said travelers a movement in the direction ofthe length of the 'feeder-table, two supports for said rods and shafts,means for supporting said supports, and communicating to said supports amovement in the direction of the width ofthe feeder-table.

7. In a feeder for a card, two travelers, each carrying feeding-rolls,and means for supporting said travelers, and communicating asimultaneous movement to them, to cause them to lay two strips ofdrawings diagonally, said strips crossing each other.

8. In a feeder, a feer1 er-table, two travelers carrying feeding-rolls,and each traveler supported on a rod and a rotary shaft, and adapted tohave a movement in the direction of the length of said rod and shaft,sprocketwheel and sprocket-chain mechanism for moving each traveler onits rod and shaft, and gears connected with said shaft for operating thefeeding-rolls, and means for rotating said shaft, supports for said rodsand shafts, one of said supports mounted on two rods, and the other ofsaid supports mounted on a rod and rotary shaft, and sprocketwheel andsprocket-chain mechanism for moving said supports, and means for operating said sprocket-wheel and sprocket-chain mechanism.

9. A double feeder for a card having two travelers with feeding-rolls,and means for supporting and moving said travelers, to canse them to laytwo strips of drawings diagonally to each other, and crossing eachother.

O. G. PETTERSON. J. J. RAE. Wvitnesses:

J. DEWEY, M. HAAs.

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